On Tuesday we travelled along three desert roads

The first was pretty straight and ran through

what I considered to be a quite repetitive terrain

 

The second road was surrounded by low hills

It was there that we picked up a hitchhiker called Barbara

Denis lectured her on the dangers of accepting rides in the desert

but I am not sure that it sank in as she seemed to be a refugee from the seventies

When we reached Cabin I arranged for a friend to take her onwards to her destination

Kitty gave her two hundred dollars and I gave her one of our tour jackets

 

We are still on the third desert road which is by far the most interesting

As it is frequently covered by thin layers of sand which obscure the road markings

The desert itself is starkly beautiful but strangely is the most populated

It feels like we are near a big city although we are only halfway through our journey